Saturday, January 9, 2021

Eye-witness to Trump Rally in DC

 Eye-witness to Trump Rally in DC

I went to the Trump rally In Washington with about 80 other adults from Ga., SC, TN and NC.
We went up Monday evening and came back Thursday. We arrived at the rally on Wed. at 6 AM and left 5 PM. The line to get in the arena to be closest to the stage was 3 miles long (about 3-4 abreast) so we elected to find a spot on high ground under the Washington Monument.
There were about 1 million people attending... the media won't show an aerial view. Everyone was friendly, courteous, and excited to see the President. It was the largest crowd I've ever seen in my life. It was a typical Trump Rally. No fighting or arguing, Something akin to a love fest.
Two things stood out to our group: There were no police on site (not when we unloaded, not during the rally). The first police we saw were Capital Police on Pennsylvania Avenue. Washington City police were a different story.
The other thing that stood out to many of us was the number of Vietnamese and Chinese flying the South Vietnamese flags and Hong Kong Flag. There were thousands of them there. One old lady was carrying a poster about "Stop Communism!". I went up to her and said "thank you for coming!"
She said "I no speak English" I nodded my head, smiled and gave her a thumbs up! She smiled with her eyes.
Because of the number of people attending, it took forever for all us to get to the Capital. There was no one damaging property or even littering. Bands played on the side streets in a party atmosphere.
There was one large stage with a Gay band playing and asking everyone to come to their bar that night... people dancing having a blast.
The capital was covered with people singing, waving flags. They hung flags everywhere they could. NOT once did I see any sign of conflict. Nothing with police. In fact I talked to about 5 officers and most were very friendly (except Washington City police who were sarcastic and not helpful).
They told us the city had shut down the Metro so we couldn't travel, they said they shut down bridges entering the city--neither of which was true.
Then, at 3 PM, the mayor announced a curfew for 5 PM, which gave everyone two hours to leave (They should have done that in Washington when rioters were burning the city and looting!).
The stories in the paper about violence and "insurrection" are all FAKE NEWS. It was a rally for Trump not a protest. I was there. And I have hundreds of thousands of eyewitnesses!!

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